lose touch/contact

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lose touch

1. To unintentionally decrease frequency of communication with someone over time until no further contact takes place. Unfortunately, my college roommate and I lost touch over the years, so I have no idea how she's doing now.

2. To no longer be skilled in doing something. In this usage, a possessive pronoun is used between "lose" and "touch." The students no longer listen to my threats—I must be losing my touch.He used to be one of the league's elite shooters, but it seems like he's lost his touch.

4, Skinny Up: Since we do not want to lose contact against a good shooting #3 man, we have X3 throw his hips forward and get "skinny" - getting his leg over the top of #5's screen so that he cannot be picked.

For parents whose children are involved with summer water sports or other active pursuits, Paragon CRT lenses eliminate the chance that children will lose contact lenses during the day or break their glasses since the lenses are only worn at night and are left safely at home.

As the pallet was released from the aircraft in testing, the receiver would temporarily lose contact with the GPS satellites for a few seconds as an external antenna on the receiver reacquired the satellite signal.

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